Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Plato's tales of teleology
- 1 What is the Timaeus-Critias about?
- 2 The status of the Atlantis story
- 3 The status of Timaeus' account
- 4 Teleology and craftsmanship
- 5 Necessity and teleology
- 6 Space and motion
- 7 Body, soul, and tripartition
- 8 Perception and cosmology
- 9 Dialogue and dialectic
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index locorum
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Plato's tales of teleology
- 1 What is the Timaeus-Critias about?
- 2 The status of the Atlantis story
- 3 The status of Timaeus' account
- 4 Teleology and craftsmanship
- 5 Necessity and teleology
- 6 Space and motion
- 7 Body, soul, and tripartition
- 8 Perception and cosmology
- 9 Dialogue and dialectic
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- General index
- Index locorum
- References
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- Plato's Natural PhilosophyA Study of the Timaeus-Critias, pp. 201 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004